How tall was Audie Murphy?

Audie Murphy is commonly listed at 5 ft 5 in (165 cm).

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Audie Murphy’s 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) is short for a US man: about 10 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Audie Murphy beside others

Audie Murphy is the shortest of the 6 military officers we have heights for: William Halsey Jr. (5 ft 9 in) is next, 4 in (10 cm) taller.

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5 ft 5 in (165 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: U.S. Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Audie Murphy, 5 ft 5 in (165 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)