Richard Blaine Rosenvall

Korean War
Service #AO1858182
Unit9 FTR BOMB SQ 49 FTR BOMB WING
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service From Georgia
Date of DeathOctober 6 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
First Lieutenant Rosenvall was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes

First Lieutenant Rosenvall was the pilot of a F-84G Thunderjet fighter with the 9th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing. On October 6, 1952, while on a combat mission, he left his flight because of a tip tank problem and contact was lost. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.