Probably your code should be like
POSDataContext pos = new POSDataContext();
var q = (from m in pos.Credentials where c.UserName == usernamelabel.Text select new Credential{
FirstName = m.FirstName,
LastName = m.LastName,
PhoneNumber = m.PhoneNumber,
DateCreated = m.DateCreated,
Privilege = m.Privilege
}).Single() ;
fnamelabel.Text = q.FirstName;
lnamelabel.Text = q.LastName;
pnumberlabel.Text = q.PhoneNumber;
dateofcreationlabel.Text = q.DateCreated.ToString();
privilegelabel.Text = q.Privilege;