Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Michael Young succumbed to injuries inflicted ten days earlier in an automobile accident on I-95 in Glynn County.
He was responding to assist a trooper who was involved in a vehicle pursuit. While he was en route, Corporal Young's patrol car crossed the median strip into oncoming traffic. His patrol car was struck by another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction.
Corporal Young was transported to Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center, where he remained until succumbing to his injuries.
Corporal Young had served with the Georgia State Patrol for 21 years and was assigned to Post 23 in Brunswick.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two children, and two grandchildren.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
21 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Young gave the Georgia State Patrol 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Young.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Michael Douglas Young is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Georgia State Patrol, 24 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 82.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Douglas Young's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Douglas Young Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Douglas Young is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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