diff --git a/public/tier1/utlvector.h b/public/tier1/utlvector.h
index 6fffc6a2..7fa9687e 100644
--- a/public/tier1/utlvector.h
+++ b/public/tier1/utlvector.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ public:
 
 	// Purges the list and calls delete on each element in it.
 	void PurgeAndDeleteElements();
+	void PurgeAndDeleteElementsArray();
 
 	// Compacts the vector to the number of elements actually in use 
 	void Compact();
@@ -475,6 +476,18 @@ public:
 		}
 	}
 
+	void PurgeAndDeleteElementsArray()
+	{
+		if ( m_pData != StaticData() )
+		{
+			for( int i=0; i < m_pData->m_Size; i++ )
+			{
+				delete[] Element(i);
+			}
+			RemoveAll();
+		}
+	}
+
 	void FastRemove( int elem )
 	{
 		Assert( IsValidIndex(elem) );
@@ -1413,6 +1426,17 @@ inline void CUtlVector<T, A>::PurgeAndDeleteElements()
 	Purge();
 }
 
+template< typename T, class A >
+inline void CUtlVector<T, A>::PurgeAndDeleteElementsArray()
+{
+	for( int i=0; i < m_Size; i++ )
+	{
+		delete[] Element(i);
+	}
+	RemoveAll();
+}
+
+
 template< typename T, class A >
 inline void CUtlVector<T, A>::Compact()
 {
@@ -1441,23 +1465,16 @@ void CUtlVector<T, A>::Validate( CValidator &validator, char *pchName )
 }
 #endif // DBGFLAG_VALIDATE
 
-// A vector class for storing pointers, so that the elements pointed to by the pointers are deleted
-// on exit.
-template<class T> class CUtlVectorAutoPurge : public CUtlVector< T, CUtlMemory< T, int> >
+// easy string list class with dynamically allocated strings. For use with V_SplitString, etc.
+// Frees the dynamic strings in destructor.
+class CUtlStringList : public CUtlVector< char*, CUtlMemory< char*, int > >
 {
 public:
-	~CUtlVectorAutoPurge( void )
+	~CUtlStringList( void )
 	{
-		this->PurgeAndDeleteElements();
+		PurgeAndDeleteElementsArray();
 	}
 
-};
-
-// easy string list class with dynamically allocated strings. For use with V_SplitString, etc.
-// Frees the dynamic strings in destructor.
-class CUtlStringList : public CUtlVectorAutoPurge< char *>
-{
-public:
 	void CopyAndAddToTail( char const *pString )			// clone the string and add to the end
 	{
 		char *pNewStr = new char[1 + strlen( pString )];