AZ AZ - James Negley Herz, 78, Letter from Quartzsite, 24 Feb 1998, RV Found in 2012 near Kingman

[Gardener1850]

Missing Person / NamUs #MP61261
James Negley Herz

Male, White / Caucasian
Height 5' 10" (70 Inches)
Weight 170 lbs

Black Hair
Brown Eyes

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact February 24, 1998
NamUs Case Created November 1, 2019
Last Known Location Map
Location Quartzsite, Arizona
Mohave County

Circumstances of Disappearance
James was reported missing by family as he was traveling the country in a Ford Ultra RV. He was last heard from via a letter postmarked in Quartzsite, Arizona on February 24, 1998. RV was located abandoned near Kingman, Arizona on September 22, 2012.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Pennysmom1]

James is still listed as missing at NAMUS- no other information found

Missing Person / NamUs #MP61261

View NamUs missing person case MP61261 for James Negley Herz missing from Quartzsite, Arizona. Date of last contact: Feb 24, 1998. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

 

[MangoCove]

Apparently Quartzite is a popular location for RVers. The History Behind Quartzsite's Famous RV Show.

Kingman is about 130 miles north of Quartzite.

It appears that James went to Princeton for Engineering, class of 1941. Here is a link for a senior thesis titled, Variable Pitch Airplane Propellers: DataSpace: Variable Pitch Airplane Propellers