Complex sentence: Strobl initially volunteered to escort PFC Phelps home because the press release concerning the death of PFC Phelps had listed Clifton, Colorado as his hometown, a town near Strobl's hometown of Grand Junction.
Split into simpler sentences: Strobl initially volunteered to escort PFC Phelps home because the press release concerning the death of PFC Phelps had listed Clifton, Colorado as his hometown. A town near Strobl's hometown of Grand Junction.