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.