| Born | 23 Sep, 1916 | Bad Oldesloe |
| Died | 21 Jul, 1944 | English Channel |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-212 | 12 Sep, 1942 | Kiel | 26 Sep, 1942 | Narvik | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 2. | U-212 | 10 Oct, 1942 | Narvik | 5 Nov, 1942 | Narvik | Patrol, | 27 days |
| 3. | U-212 | 19 Nov, 1942 | Narvik | 25 Dec, 1942 | Narvik | Patrol, | 37 days |
| 4. | U-212 | 28 Dec, 1942 | Narvik | 31 Dec, 1942 | Bergen | 4 days | |
| 5. | U-212 | 28 Feb, 1943 | Bergen | 1 Mar, 1943 | Bergen | 2 days | |
| 6. | U-212 | 8 Mar, 1943 | Bergen | 7 Apr, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol, | 31 days |
| 7. | U-212 | 20 Apr, 1943 | Narvik | 16 May, 1943 | Hammerfest | Patrol, | 27 days |
| 8. | U-212 | 3 Jun, 1943 | Hammerfest | 12 Jul, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol, | 40 days |
| 9. | U-212 | 26 Jul, 1943 | Narvik | 4 Aug, 1943 | Kirkenes | Patrol, | 10 days |
| 10. | U-212 | 8 Aug, 1943 | Kirkenes | 10 Aug, 1943 | Bergen | 3 days | |
| 11. | U-212 | 11 Oct, 1943 | Bergen | 2 Dec, 1943 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 53 days |
| 12. | U-212 | 10 Jan, 1944 | La Pallice | 12 Mar, 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 63 days |
| 13. | U-212 | 8 Apr, 1944 | La Pallice | 10 Apr, 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 3 days |
| 14. | U-212 | 6 Jun, 1944 | La Pallice | 9 Jun, 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 4 days |
| 15. | U-212 | 12 Jun, 1944 | La Pallice | 16 Jun, 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 5 days |
| 16. | U-212 | 22 Jun, 1944 | La Pallice | 24 Jun, 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 3 days |
| 17. | U-212 | 28 Jun, 1944 | La Pallice | 1 Jul, 1944 | Brest | Patrol, | 4 days |
| 18. | U-212 | 5 Jul, 1944 | Brest | 21 Jul, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 17 days |
| 15 patrols, 339 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Helmut Vogler
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 5 Aug, 1943 | U-212 | Majakovski [Mine] | 80 | | sj | ||
| 80 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

