ok, obviously since an array or array of struct are initiated in RAM, I can not initialize my int variables to 0. Is there a default value issued in RAM that I can look for to begin counter values so I know how it add to ints?

The only way I could think to do it is, at the first initial pass of the program create a do loop to intialize every index of my 2d array so that all of my struct int variables get set to 0.