| Born | 29 Oct, 1906 | Berlin-Schöneberg |
| Died | 12 Dec, 1975 |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-21 | 18 Jul, 1935 | - | 3 Oct, 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-7 | 18 Jul, 1935 | - | 3 Oct, 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-33 | 22 Nov, 1936 | - | 20 Dec, 1936 | No war patrols |
| U-33 | 3 Jun, 1937 | - | 25 Jul, 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-181 | 1 Nov, 1943 | - | 8 May, 1945 | 2 patrols (225 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-181 | 16 Mar, 1944 | Bordeaux | 8 Aug, 1944 | Penang | Patrol, | 146 days |
| 2. | U-181 | 30 Aug, 1944 | Penang | 31 Aug, 1944 | Singapur | 2 days | |
| 3. | U-181 | 23 Sep, 1944 | Singapur | 25 Sep, 1944 | Batavia | 3 days | |
| 4. | U-181 | 19 Oct, 1944 | Batavia | 5 Jan, 1945 | Batavia | Patrol, | 79 days |
| 5. | U-181 | 14 Jan, 1945 | Batavia | 16 Jan, 1945 | Singapur | 3 days | |
| 2 patrols, 225 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Kurt Freiwald
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 1 May, 1944 | U-181 | Janeta | 5.312 |  | br | ||
| 19 Jun, 1944 | U-181 | Garoet | 7.118 |  | nl | ||
| 15 Jul, 1944 | U-181 | Tanda | 7.174 | | br | ||
| 19 Jul, 1944 | U-181 | King Frederick | 5.265 | | br | ||
| 2 Nov, 1944 | U-181 | Fort Lee | 10.198 |  | am | ||
| 35.067 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.