Carmel Joseph Arcilesi – Colonel, United States Army

From a contemporary press report:

Carmel Joseph “Arch” Arcilesi, 87, a retired Army Colonel who worked for the Veterans Administration from the mid-1960s to early 1970s as Chief of Field Operations doing construction of hospitals and other government facilities, died October 20, 2002, at Montgomery General Hospital after a heart attack. He lived at Leisure World in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Colonel Arcilesi was in the Army Corps of Engineers from 1936 to 1964, and his final active-duty assignment was commander of a training facility in Alexandria. During World War II, he served in Europe.

He was in the Army Reserve until 1975. His decorations included the Army Commendation Medal.

He was a Baltimore native and a graduate of Johns Hopkins University. He attended the Army’s Command and General Staff College.

He was a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, associate emeritus of the Potomac chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Rockville, where he had been a eucharistic minister.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Clara Bell Arcilesi of Silver Spring; a daughter, Perine M. Byrnes of Silver Spring; two brothers, Anthony Arcilesi of Olney and Frank Arcilesi of Baltimore; and two grandsons.

A son, Carl J. Arcilesi, died October 15, 2002.


ARCILESI, COL. C.J. “Arch” (Age 87)
U.S. Army (Ret.), Corps of Engineers

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On Sunday, October 20, 2002, COL. C.J. “ARCH” ARCILESI of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved husband of Clara L. Arcilesi; father of Perine M. Byrnes and the late Carl J. Arcilesi; grandfather of Danny and Michael Byrnes; brother of Anthony (Joan) Arcilesi, Frank Arcilesi and the late Joseph P. Arcilesi. Mass of Christian Burial at Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, November 26, at 10:45 a.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Patrick’s Church, School Building Campaign, 4101 Norbeck Road, Rockville, MD 20853.

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