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|name= H. Steven Blum
|image= H. Steven Blum (3).jpg
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|caption= Official portrait, 2009
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|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1946|10|13}}
|birth_place= [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]
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|branch= [[United States Army]]<br/>[[Army National Guard]]
|serviceyears= 1971–2010
|rank= [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant general]]
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|commands= [[National Guard Bureau]]<br/>[[Multi-National Division (North) (Bosnia)|Multinational Division (North)]]<br/>[[29th Infantry Division (United States)|29th Infantry Division]]<br/>3rd Brigade, 29th Infantry Division<br/>1st Battalion, [[115th Infantry Regiment (United States)|115th Infantry Regiment]]
|battles= [[War on terror
|awards= {{nowrap|[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] (2)}}<br/>[[Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]<br/>[[Legion of Merit]] (3)
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==Early life and education==
Blum was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], on October 13, 1946.<ref>U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, entry for H. Steven Blum, 1020.</ref> He attended [[Forest Park High School (Maryland)|Forest Park High School]], graduating in 1963.<ref>Tom Bowman, Baltimore Sun, [https://archive.today/20131124160027/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/274890471.html?dids=274890471:274890471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+07
Soon after graduating, Blum enlisted in the [[Maryland Army National Guard]]. His unit was activated in April 1968, in response to the [[Baltimore riot of 1968]] that broke out following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]] Blum would later recall that "he heard more shots fired in the weeks he worked downtown Baltimore's streets than during any of his other deployments – at home or abroad."<ref>Caitlin Harrington, [http://www.eangmt.org/publications/congressionalquarterlyjan04.pdf "Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum commands a changing National Guard,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509081801/http://www.eangmt.org/publications/congressionalquarterlyjan04.pdf |date=2008-05-09 }} ''Congressional Quarterly'' (October 10, 2003).</ref>
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