Complex sentence: Bacon was born in Caraway, Arkansas and enlisted in the U.S. Army in Phoenix, Arizona, where he reached the rank of staff sergeant while serving his second combat tour in Vietnam as part of the 21st Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade of the Americal Division.
Split into simpler sentences: Bacon was born in Caraway, Arkansas, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in Phoenix, Arizona. He reached the rank of staff sergeant while serving his second combat tour in Vietnam as part of the 21st Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade of the Americal Division.