Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Newton Sites succumbed to injuries in an airplane crash while on aerial patrol two days earlier near Parkersburg, Wood County. Sergeant Sites was a United States Army veteran and served with the West Virginia State Police for seventeen years.
Survivors
He was survived by his mother, brother, and four sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Sites gave the West Virginia State Police 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of West Virginia, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Newton Tressel Sites served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Newton Tressel Sites 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 WV, 54 of 232 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.3% of this state's fallen. That is 7.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At West Virginia State Police, 20 of 42 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Newton Tressel Sites's cause is highlighted.
How Newton Tressel Sites Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Newton Tressel Sites is highlighted in Sep.
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