NEWTON TRESSEL SITES
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 9-E: 7
Department: West Virginia State Police
End of Watch: August 31, 1942
Cause: AIRC
Age: 56
Years of Service: 17
Description: Sergeant Sites was flying a "blackout" over the Wood County area, which was a civil defense operation during World War II where everyone extinguished their lights and pulled curtains to avoid being spotted by enemy planes. Sergeant Sites was flying to ascertain everyone was obeying the "blackout." As the plane was about to land, the woman pilot's high-heeled shoes became snagged on the mats in the plane. The plane crashed and Sergeant Sites died.
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