| Born | 16 Jul 1918 | Berlin | |
| Died | 17 Oct 1943 | (25) | Cape Farewell |
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Ranks
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-141 | 30 Nov 1941 | 15 Jun 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-631 | 16 Jul 1942 | 17 Oct 1943 (+) | 3 patrols (145 days) |
Last name spelled Krüger in the 1937 Rangliste but then Krueger in the 1938 and 1941 Ranglisten.
Patrol info for Jürgen Krueger
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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| 1. | U-631 | 19 Dec 1942 | Kiel | 4 Feb 1943 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 48 days | |
| 2. | U-631 | 6 Mar 1943 | Brest | 11 May 1943 | Brest | Patrol 2, | 67 days | |
| 3. | U-631 | 18 Sep 1943 | Brest | 17 Oct 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 3, | 30 days | |
| 3 patrols, 145 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Jürgen Krueger
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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| 29 Dec 1942 | U-631 |  | Ingerfem | 3,978 |  | nw | ONS-156 | |
| 17 Mar 1943 | U-631 | | Terkoelei | 5,158 |  | nl | HX-229 | |
| 9,136 | ||||||||
2 ships sunk (9,136 tons). Legend | ||||||||
About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.
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