 Yogendra Singh Yadav was born on 10 May 1980 in the Ahir community of Sikandrabad in Aurangabad, Bulandshahr District, of Uttar Pradesh.His father Karan Singh Yadav served in the Kumaon Regiment, participating in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistan wars.Yadav joined Indian Army at age 16 years and five months.