- Martin joined the U.S. Navy in 1940 and served as a Grumman F6F Hellcat pilot in the Pacific Theater of the war after pilot training in Dallas, Texas, in mid-1944. He was shot down in 1945 and was held as a prisoner of war until Japan's surrender.
- Frequently erroneously reported as the brother of actor Strother Martin. The two are not related.
- In the film The Longest Day (1962) he appeared in only two scenes, as Sgt. Wilder.
- Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.
- On October 21, 2018, he was honored with a Sketch of the Day caricature on the website Star Portraits by a United States based artist known as Odoxesky.
- He was a lifelong registered Democrat.
- Ex-stepfather of Nicki Lee Foster.
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