diff --git a/src/vk_mem_alloc.h b/src/vk_mem_alloc.h
index eece8da..91f5b47 100644
--- a/src/vk_mem_alloc.h
+++ b/src/vk_mem_alloc.h
@@ -4337,7 +4337,6 @@ class VmaPoolAllocator
 public:
     VmaPoolAllocator(const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocationCallbacks, uint32_t firstBlockCapacity);
     ~VmaPoolAllocator();
-    void Clear();
     T* Alloc();
     void Free(T* ptr);
 
@@ -4345,7 +4344,7 @@ private:
     union Item
     {
         uint32_t NextFreeIndex;
-        T Value;
+        char Value[sizeof(T)];
     };
 
     struct ItemBlock
@@ -4373,12 +4372,6 @@ VmaPoolAllocator<T>::VmaPoolAllocator(const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocationCa
 
 template<typename T>
 VmaPoolAllocator<T>::~VmaPoolAllocator()
-{
-    Clear();
-}
-
-template<typename T>
-void VmaPoolAllocator<T>::Clear()
 {
     for(size_t i = m_ItemBlocks.size(); i--; )
         vma_delete_array(m_pAllocationCallbacks, m_ItemBlocks[i].pItems, m_ItemBlocks[i].Capacity);
@@ -4396,7 +4389,9 @@ T* VmaPoolAllocator<T>::Alloc()
         {
             Item* const pItem = &block.pItems[block.FirstFreeIndex];
             block.FirstFreeIndex = pItem->NextFreeIndex;
-            return &pItem->Value;
+            T* result = (T*)&pItem->Value;
+            new(result)T(); // Explicit constructor call.
+            return result;
         }
     }
 
@@ -4404,7 +4399,9 @@ T* VmaPoolAllocator<T>::Alloc()
     ItemBlock& newBlock = CreateNewBlock();
     Item* const pItem = &newBlock.pItems[0];
     newBlock.FirstFreeIndex = pItem->NextFreeIndex;
-    return &pItem->Value;
+    T* result = (T*)&pItem->Value;
+    new(result)T(); // Explicit constructor call.
+    return result;
 }
 
 template<typename T>
@@ -4422,6 +4419,7 @@ void VmaPoolAllocator<T>::Free(T* ptr)
         // Check if pItemPtr is in address range of this block.
         if((pItemPtr >= block.pItems) && (pItemPtr < block.pItems + block.Capacity))
         {
+            ptr->~T(); // Explicit destructor call.
             const uint32_t index = static_cast<uint32_t>(pItemPtr - block.pItems);
             pItemPtr->NextFreeIndex = block.FirstFreeIndex;
             block.FirstFreeIndex = index;
@@ -5050,8 +5048,7 @@ public:
     };
 
     /*
-    This struct cannot have constructor or destructor. It must be POD because it is
-    allocated using VmaPoolAllocator.
+    This struct is allocated using VmaPoolAllocator.
     */
 
     void Ctor(uint32_t currentFrameIndex, bool userDataString)