The Chew Commons Slocum VFW Post, No. 12009 in Conifer, Colorado was chartered in January, 2004 and
is named after three men who died in the most recent wars:
Army Pfc. Lars Chew, who died in Desert Storm
Army Cpl. Matthew Commons, who died in Afghanistan
Lance Cpl. Thomas Slocum, the first Coloradan killed in the Iraq war