1st Lt. Osbaldo Orozco

Army 1st Lt. Osbaldo Orozco, 26, of Delano, Calif., was a star linebacker at Delano High School and later played football at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he attended on a full football scholarship. He was a captain for the Mustangs in 1999 and was named the team''s Most Inspirational Player. He enrolled in Cal Poly''s ROTC program and was commissioned as an Army officer on June 16, 2001, the same day that he graduated from Cal Poly with a bachelor''s degree in social science. He was the second of five sons of Mexican immigrants and the first in his family to graduate from college. Orozco died April 25 when his vehicle rolled over while traveling through rough terrain. His unit was the quick reaction force and was responding to enemy fire. "After the Army, he thought he would go into the FBI or the CIA," his wife, Mayra Orozco, said. "He had a real leadership quality." Her husband believed in the cause that he fought and died for, she said. "He thought we needed to stop terrorism and (Saddam) Hussein and what he was doing to his people," she said. The only thing that frightened him was that he would miss the war and not be able to serve as platoon leader and Bradley commander. "He commanded four Bradleys and he loved it," she said. "His men adored him and respected him. He was ready to go and do his job. They all were."