Biography
Young grew up in Lithia Springs, Georgia and lives in Villa Rica, Georgia. He graduated from Douglas County High School in Douglasville, Georgia, studied mechanical engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, before joining the Army.
Young is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At the time of his becoming a POW in Iraq his father was living in Lithia Springs, Georgia.
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