| Born | 9 Feb, 1919 | Aerzen, Hameln |
| Died | 27 Feb, 1945 | English Channel |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-1018 | 7 Dec, 1944 | Kiel | 10 Dec, 1944 | Horten | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-1018 | 21 Jan, 1945 | Horten | 27 Feb, 1945 | Sunk | Patrol, | 38 days |
Ships hit by Walter Burmeister
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 27 Feb, 1945 | U-1018 | Corvus | 1.317 |  | nw | BTC-81 | |
| 1.317 | |||||||
* 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.