Corporal Salaices was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Hwachon Reservoir, Korea, on 12 June 1951.

Salaices was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.