Exhibit 31.1

# CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICERPURSUANT TO SECTION
302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT ANDRULE 13a-14(a) OR
15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

I, Kerry L. Woody, President and CEO
of Ladish Co., Inc., certify that:

|1. | I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Ladish Co., Inc.;
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|2. | Based
on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue           statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make           the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements           were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
          report;
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|3. | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
          included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the
          financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
          of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
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|4. | The
registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
          Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
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| | a) | designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
                    controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that                     material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated                     subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly                     during the period in which
this quarterly report is being prepared;
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| | b) | evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
                    procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness                     of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered                     by this report based on such evaluation;
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| | c) | disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants internal control
                    over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants
most recent                     fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an                     annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to                     materially affect, the registrants
internal control over financial                     reporting; and
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|5. | The
registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on           our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
          registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants board
of           directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
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| | a) | all
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
                    of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to                     adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and                     report financial; and
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| | b) | any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
                    who have a significant role in the registrants internal
controls over                     financial reporting.
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|May 4, 2004                      | 
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|/s/  Kerry L. Woody              | 
|Kerry L. Woody
President and CEO |