| Born | 15 Jun, 1916 | Aachen |
| Died | 11 Mar, 1943 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-28 | 22 Jun, 1941 | - | 20 Mar, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-432 | 16 Jan, 1943 | - | 11 Mar, 1943 (+) | 1 patrol (26 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-432 | 14 Feb, 1943 | La Pallice | 11 Mar, 1943 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 26 days |
Ships hit by Hermann Eckhardt
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 11 Mar, 1943 | U-432 | HMS Harvester (H 19) | 1.340 |  | br | HX-228 | |
| 1.340 | |||||||
* 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.