Young (c. 1835 – February 24, 1867) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.

During the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he displayed "skill and courage" as his ship assisted the disabled USS Oneida while under heavy fire.

Securely lashed to the side of the Oneida which had suffered the loss of her steering apparatus and an explosion of her boiler from enemy fire, the Galena aided the stricken vessel past the enemy forts to safety.

Despite heavy damage to his ship from raking enemy fire, Young performed his duties with skill and courage throughout the action.

[3]Young died on February 24, 1867, at age 31 or 32 and was buried in Lafayette Cemetery in Philadelphia and reinterred to Evergreen Memorial Park[4] in Bensalem, Pennsylvania in 1947.