diff --git a/Strategic/Campaign Types.h b/Strategic/Campaign Types.h
index 6f58a2f2..af25aa9e 100644
--- a/Strategic/Campaign Types.h	
+++ b/Strategic/Campaign Types.h	
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ typedef struct FACILITYTYPE
 	std::vector<PRODUCTION_LINE> ProductionData;
 
 } FACILITYTYPE;
+#define FACILITYTYPE_SIZEOF_POD offsetof(FACILITYTYPE, ProductionData)
 
 // HEADROCK HAM 3.5: Maximum number of different facility types
 #define MAX_NUM_FACILITY_TYPES 255
diff --git a/Strategic/XML_FacilityTypes.cpp b/Strategic/XML_FacilityTypes.cpp
index 2605a7d5..4997aa84 100644
--- a/Strategic/XML_FacilityTypes.cpp
+++ b/Strategic/XML_FacilityTypes.cpp
@@ -42,15 +42,10 @@ typedef enum
 
 } FACILITYTYPE_PARSE_STAGE;
 
-struct
+typedef struct
 {
 	FACILITYTYPE_PARSE_STAGE	curElement;
-
 	CHAR8		szCharData[MAX_CHAR_DATA_LENGTH+1];
-
-	FACILITYTYPE	curFacilityTypeData;
-	FACILITYASSIGNMENTTYPE curAssignmentData;
-	PRODUCTION_LINE curProductionData;
 	INT16			curAssignmentType;
 	INT16			curRisk;
 	INT16			curProduction;
@@ -58,7 +53,11 @@ struct
 	UINT32			curIndex;
 	UINT32			currentDepth;
 	UINT32			maxReadDepth;
-} typedef facilitytypeParseData;
+	FACILITYTYPE	curFacilityTypeData;
+	FACILITYASSIGNMENTTYPE curAssignmentData;
+	PRODUCTION_LINE curProductionData;
+} facilitytypeParseData;
+#define FACILITYTYPEPARSEDATA_SIZE_OF_POD offsetof(facilitytypeParseData, curFacilityTypeData)
 
 BOOLEAN FacilityTypes_TextOnly;
 
@@ -173,6 +172,7 @@ facilitytypeStartElementHandle(void *userData, const XML_Char *name, const XML_C
 			pData->curElement = FACILITYTYPE_TYPE;
 
 			// Set all values to default before applying XML data
+			memset(&pData->curFacilityTypeData, 0, FACILITYTYPE_SIZEOF_POD);
 			InitFacilityTypeEntry( pData );
 
 			//DebugMsg(TOPIC_JA2, DBG_LEVEL_3,"MergeStartElementHandle: setting memory for curMerge");
@@ -1303,6 +1303,7 @@ BOOLEAN ReadInFacilityTypes(STR fileName, BOOLEAN localizedVersion)
 	XML_SetCharacterDataHandler(parser, facilitytypeCharacterDataHandle);
 
 
+	memset(&pData, 0, FACILITYTYPEPARSEDATA_SIZE_OF_POD);
 	pData.maxArraySize = MAXITEMS;
 	pData.curIndex = 0;