5 ft 9 in (175 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.
William Halsey Jr. is commonly listed at 5 ft 9 in (175 cm).
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William Halsey Jr.’s 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) is about average for a US man: about 49 in 100 US men are shorter.
William Halsey Jr. is one of the shorter military officers we have heights for: Konstantin Rokossovsky (6 ft 6 in) stands 9 in (23 cm) taller and Audie Murphy (5 ft 5 in) is 4 in (10 cm) shorter.
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.
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