SS-Hauptscharführer Alfred Günther (25 April 1917 – 15 June 1944) after receiving his Knights Cross in June 1943, he was later promoted to the rank of SS-Untersturmführer. (1.SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler).
Günther, commanded the 3rd Company, 1st SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion and became the first member of the unit to be awarded the Knight’s Cross on 3 March 1943. He was later transferred to the 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion and commanded a Tiger tank in the 3rd Platoon, 3rd Company. He was killed when his Tiger tank was hit by an aircraft bomb on 15 June 1944.