Günther Gumprich

Infobox Military Person
name=Günther Gumprich
born=birth date|1900|1|6|df=y
died=death date and age|1943|10|17|1900|1|6|df=y
placeofbirth=Stuttgart
placeofdeath=90 nautical miles east of Yokohama in the Yellow Sea


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|German Empire
navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1916-1943
rank=Kapitän zur See
commands=German auxiliary cruiser Thor
German auxiliary cruiser Michel
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Günther Gumprich (16 January 1900 – 17 October 1943) was a Captain (German: "Kapitän zur See") of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) who, during World War II, commanded a merchant raider.

Günther Gumprich was killed in action when on 17 October 1943, auxiliary cruiser "Michel" (HSK-9) was sunk by USS "Tarpon".

Awards

* Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (26 August 1918)
* Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class and 1st Class
* German Cross in Gold (11 September 1942)
* "Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer" (6 January 1943)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (31 December 1942)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

;External link
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/KruederEF-R.htm Lexikon der Wehrmacht]