Background
Ilgenfritz was born in York County, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1837.
Army soldier Pennsylvania Infantry
Ilgenfritz was born in York County, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1837.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on April 2, 1865, while serving as a Sergeant with Company East, 207th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, at Fort Sedgwick, Virginia. He died at the age of 83, on March 31, 1920 and was buried at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in York County, Pennsylvania.